I’ve thought of you {2} | poems by Thai Ta

I’ve thought of you / Heading west on 78 / Summer morning / Contemplating / Wishing / To see you once again. // There’s a poem here / Somewhere / Along the way / To what seems like / The end of the world / Is this your beginning / Or is something missing? Faint. Sweet. A fragrance reminded you / of a time long gone. / Pain. Exquisite. Hands. Released. / Should we hold on just a bit longer? / Yes, a season more. / For a sweeter end. / Faraway, I know. You would never / ever admit. That once we had loved / and touched each other… / Body. Heart. Soul. / Yet strangely. Faithfully. / Love would always / somehow somewhere be reborn. Come fall with me / Once again / Let the fire consume us / Till we end / Let’s turn into stuff of tragic comedy / (Comic tragedy?) / An urban legend / A modern version of Cinderella / Where nothing fits, not even her glass slipper / Yet when they kiss / When we kiss / How our lips fit! / How our hearts break! / In sweetest silence. Come fall with me / Let’s die, like Juliet and her foolish Romeo / We know how this must end / Where nothing fits nowhere, no how / But when we make love / Our sweat thick / Our souls burn till we cry out / And our tears mix / Who will say it first this time, I wonder  / “I love you” / “Goodbye” / Or “Until we meet…” / “…Once again.” I wish you hadn’t broken my heart / I wish we hadn’t stayed apart / I wish that summer never ended / I wish you didn’t love me as you did. / ‘Cause the world we live in is still cruel / And each day we die a little / But something sacred in us remains / And it cries out toward Heaven. / No! No! Let me be / Set me free from all this darkness. Sadness / No! No! Let me see / That part of me that’s never stolen. Taken. / I wish I hadn’t broken your heart / I wish we didn’t have to play our parts / I wish for endings like in movies / I wish more seasons for you and me.